First leaf is engraved title

Most prints have the initials P.S.F. at the bottom edge of the impression. These are interpreted by Bartsch as "Pietro Steffanoni formis" (Bartsch, p. 86). He also notes a dedication by Steffanoni on the title leaf that is lacking in both Getty copies, though there are traces of effaced engraving on the title leaf of c. 1

According to Bartsch, the suite comprises the title leaf and 81 prints (far more than in the present copies). He describes two sequences, one numbered 1-36 and signed LC for Luca Ciamberlano, the other by Francesco Brizio. None of the present prints are numbered and most are not signed. Cimaberlano's role is confirmed, however, by a partly effaced monogram composed of C and L at the upper right of leaf [14], c. 2. The representation of 2 skulls at leaf [41] (leaf [15], c. 2) is signed: Lucas de Vrbino, i.e. Luca Ciamberlano. And it is his name that is being written by the hand with pen, depicted on leaf [6] (leaf [8], c. 2)

Leaf [43] ([37], c. 2) is a port. of Doctor Gabriele Faloppio, perhaps by Francesco Brizio (DeGrazia, Agostino R38). The impression in c. 1 is DeGrazia's 2nd state with retouching, that in c. 2 the 1st state

Leaf 46 in c. 1 (leaf [35] in c. 2) is a port. of the actor Giovanni Gabrielli, called "il Sivello." It is by Agostino Carracci after his own drawing, and is dated ca. 1599; see DeGrazia, Agostino 211

Legend of print [17] ([14], c. 2) gives Michelangelo as the source. Print [18] ([43], c. 2) has the initials TRL in the margin at upper right. Print [24] ([31], c. 2) bears the initials A.F. at lower left. Prints [35] ([20], c. 2) The head of St. Lucia at leaf [40] ([39], c. 2) is dated 1599. Print [42] ([40], c. 2) is signed by Annibale Carracci, but it is not mentioned among his engravings in DeGrazia. Print [47] ([45], c. 2) is signed with an unidentified monogram composed of E, N, S, R (Nagel 1708). Perspective study at print [45] ([1], c. 2) has legend: Marius Cartarius inuentor

DeGrazia, Diane, Stampe dei Carracci

Bartsch, A. Peintre graveur

Library's c. 1 lacks the final plate of c. 2 (heads of an elephant, a boar, a lion and a donkey)

Binding, c. 1: vellum, rebacked. Title in gilt on black spine label. Copy 2: 19th-century marbled paper, backed in goatskin with blind tooling. Title in gilt on red spine label

In c. 2 the title leaf is the 2nd leaf

At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown of c. 2 is the book label of Ricardo Heredia, Malaga

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